315 Survivors of Cyclone Sail In
Fishing boats carrying more than 300 men reached safety six days after a cyclone ravaged southeast India’s coastline, but almost 1,000 others were still missing, Andhra Pradesh state officials said Tuesday.
“Three hundred fifteen fishermen have been found, 985 are still missing,” said Vijay Kumar, a senior official coordinating relief operations from Hyderabad, the state capital.
Kumar said earlier reports from an Indian news agency that 1,000 men had been found were incorrect but that all hope of finding them had not yet been abandoned.
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